Rick Waits

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 194lb (190cm, 87kg)

Born: May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 17, 1973 (Age 21-125d, 13,453rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 33-144d)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Michael Richard Waits

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

ERA

4.25

317

190

1427.0

659

WHIP

1.459

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-7 / in Starts: 5-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 9

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2	99	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-5	9-10	W(1-0)	99	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	8.59	5	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.74	0.026	.20	0.00%	0.06	9b 1-3 2 out tie	10b 12- 1 out a2
2	3	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	4-6		0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.92	8	4	3	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.035	.01	0.00%	-0.37	4b 123 2 out d4	6b 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	4	102	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	3-7		2	4.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	1.29	4.16	15	5	5	0	0	1		3	1	1	0	0	12	0	1	1	1	0	0	.60	0.074	.04	0.00%	1.35	3b 123 0 out d1	7b 1-- 0 out d2
4	5	105	Aug 3(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	8-9	H(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	3.71	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	0.229	.06	0.00%	0.86	8b 12- 1 out a1	9b 1-- 1 out a1
5	6	107	Aug 5	CLE		DET	W,8-4	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.93	3.62	7	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.092	.02	0.00%	0.98	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 4
6	7	111	Aug 9	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	8-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.93	3.93	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.032	.02	0.00%	-0.38	8t 1-- 1 out d1	8t 12- 1 out d1
7	8	112	Aug 10	CLE		KCR	L,1-5	7-GF		0	2.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.25	4.00	10	4	1	0	0	2		3	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.43	0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.30	7t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 4
8	9	114	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	12-GF(12)		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.19	4.21	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	-0.294	.03	0.00%	-0.86	12b 12- 1 out tie	12b end d 1
9	10	119	Aug 18(1)	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	3-GF	W(2-0)	4	7.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	1.40	3.78	24	9	7	0	0	2		2	0	1	1	1	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	0.609	.00	0.00%	4.66	3t 1-3 0 out d2	9t end a 1
10	11	124	Aug 23	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.27	3.58	34	11	13	0	0	5	72			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.283	.00	0.00%	3.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
11	12	129	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,9-6	GS-5		5	4.2	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	2.18	3.53	23	7	3	1	0	7	34			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-2.05	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	13	134	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,2-11	GS-5	L(3-1)	6	4.1	8	6	6	1	3	0	0	3.38	3.34	21	8	1	0	0	8	25			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.37	-0.350	.00	0.00%	-3.29	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d4
13	14	139	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(4-1)	3	10.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.04	3.01	37	12	11	2	1	5	79			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.490	.00	0.00%	2.74	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
14	15	145	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.1	8	6	4	2	3	1	0	3.35	3.20	29	9	7	0	0	8	38			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.195	.00	0.00%	-2.34	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d3
15	16	151	Sep 21(1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS-8	W(5-2)	6	7.2	8	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.08	3.22	31	10	7	0	0	8	63			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.278	.00	0.00%	2.37	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
16	17	158	Sep 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.94	3.28	33	13	10	1	3	6	69			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.326	.00	0.00%	2.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
							9-7		W-L:6-2,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.1	70.1	57	25	23	25	34	3	1	2.94	3.28	285	1.40		2%	2%	57	54	19	21%	3	5	1	258	11	1	5	3	0	1	1.07	1.322	.01	0.01%	9.57

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